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This just keeps getting better and better. Stunning work
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This just keeps getting better and better. Stunning work
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Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2025 4:01 pm |
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This is beyond phenomenal...  This is beyond phenomenal... :cool_2:
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Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2025 1:36 pm |
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Thank you SG! :smallsmile: :cool_2: :smallsmile:
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Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2025 3:05 am |
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Stunned to the point of being speechless. So Cool Marijn!  Stunned to the point of being speechless. So Cool Marijn! :cool_1:
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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2025 12:35 pm |
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Thank you Rui! That is probably the most wonderful compliment one could ever give!  wefalck wrote: Perhaps you should get yourself one of those cameras that look like an electric toobrush and are used by dentists to take pictures from inside of the mouth. They are quite cheap, but don't have a phenomenal resolution. With this one could get some action shots from deck-level ... My brother works for a company that manufactures surgical visualization tools. Maybe he could hook me up?  Devin wrote: Yes, Marijn, we plan on making SMC again this year. Waiting 'patiently' for the hotel room announcement!  Great! I'm already looking forward to it! And yes, those rooms sell out veeery quickly...  Thank you Rui! That is probably the most wonderful compliment one could ever give! :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D
[quote="wefalck"]Perhaps you should get yourself one of those cameras that look like an electric toobrush and are used by dentists to take pictures from inside of the mouth. They are quite cheap, but don't have a phenomenal resolution. With this one could get some action shots from deck-level ...[/quote]
My brother works for a company that manufactures surgical visualization tools. Maybe he could hook me up? :big_grin:
[quote="Devin"]Yes, Marijn, we plan on making SMC again this year. Waiting 'patiently' for the hotel room announcement![/quote]
:thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1:
Great! I'm already looking forward to it!
And yes, those rooms sell out veeery quickly... ;)
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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2025 12:02 pm |
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Hi Marijn et al
Well... I'll second Jim Baumann's comment all the way!
A "brag book" would be a wonderful companion for those who have NOT being watching this wonderful project grow and evolve, like we have been here (and delighted to!!!)
For me, apart from being a marvel to watch and learn new tricks, this project is a drive for me to do better in my own (little in scale and dimension) projects!
Congrats Marijn and thank you for the update!
Cheers,
Rui
Hi Marijn et al
Well... I'll second Jim Baumann's comment all the way!
A "brag book" would be a wonderful companion for those who have NOT being watching this wonderful project grow and evolve, like we have been here (and delighted to!!!)
For me, apart from being a marvel to watch and learn new tricks, this project is a drive for me to do better in my own (little in scale and dimension) projects!
Congrats Marijn and thank you for the update!
Cheers,
Rui
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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2025 10:05 am |
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marijn van gils wrote: Thank Kristen for the compliment for me, Devin! I hope to see both of you again on October? I'm also leaning towards photos. I think I will have to make a 'brag book' for people to flip through? Yes, Marijn, we plan on making SMC again this year. Waiting 'patiently' for the hotel room announcement! A "brag book" would probably work great. I was told by those that judged my B-Wing last year at SMC that a book detailing what I did on the build would have been most helpful. In your case, it'd be a great way to show the minute detail without putting the model at risk. [quote="marijn van gils"]Thank Kristen for the compliment for me, Devin! :big_grin: I hope to see both of you again on October?
I'm also leaning towards photos. I think I will have to make a 'brag book' for people to flip through?[/quote]
Yes, Marijn, we plan on making SMC again this year. Waiting 'patiently' for the hotel room announcement!
A "brag book" would probably work great. I was told by those that judged my B-Wing last year at SMC that a book detailing what I did on the build would have been most helpful. In your case, it'd be a great way to show the minute detail without putting the model at risk.
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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2025 8:22 am |
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He can't do that. When he has to judge a contest, they'd say " oh no, there is that guy with his internal camera"...
He can't do that. When he has to judge a contest, they'd say " oh no, there is that guy with his internal camera"...
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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2025 4:35 am |
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:cool_1: :cool_1: :cool_1: :cool_1: :cool_1: :cool_1: :cool_1: :cool_2:
Perhaps you should get yourself one of those cameras that look like an electric toobrush and are used by dentists to take pictures from inside of the mouth. They are quite cheap, but don't have a phenomenal resolution. With this one could get some action shots from deck-level ...
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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2025 3:40 am |
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Many thanks Dan, Martin, Jim and Devin!  Jim, when I started I thought it would be a 5 year project, maybe six. But I also knew that both the subject and the challenges involved would keep me passioned from start to finish, and so far I was right about that one! And all one needs to keep on putting ones best effort into something is passion, no? Nevertheless, the next project will surely be a smaller one! Thank Kristen for the compliment for me, Devin! I hope to see both of you again on october? Dan does have a point. Many small scale models have the same problem (especially 1/700), but here the masts and spars will make it harder to get up close too. And at shows, it will unfortunately be impossible to display the model without a glass cover. The risks of damage and dust are too great... I'm also leaning towards photos. I think I will have to make a 'brag book' for people to flip through? Many thanks Dan, Martin, Jim and Devin! :smallsmile: :cool_1: :smallsmile:
Jim, when I started I thought it would be a 5 year project, maybe six. :big_grin:
But I also knew that both the subject and the challenges involved would keep me passioned from start to finish, and so far I was right about that one! :big_grin:
And all one needs to keep on putting ones best effort into something is passion, no? ;)
Nevertheless, the next project will surely be a smaller one! :big_grin:
Thank Kristen for the compliment for me, Devin! :big_grin: I hope to see both of you again on october?
Dan does have a point. Many small scale models have the same problem (especially 1/700), but here the masts and spars will make it harder to get up close too. And at shows, it will unfortunately be impossible to display the model without a glass cover. The risks of damage and dust are too great...
I'm also leaning towards photos. I think I will have to make a 'brag book' for people to flip through?
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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2025 2:46 am |
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I like Dan's idea of photos. Macro shots of parts of the model to be displayed with the diorama.
And, as always, ridiculously well done. I showed these photos to Kristen and she said, "He's insane. In a good way, but still insane".
I like Dan's idea of photos. Macro shots of parts of the model to be displayed with the diorama.
And, as always, ridiculously well done. I showed these photos to Kristen and she said, "He's insane. In a good way, but still insane".
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Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2025 5:02 pm |
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That is a tremendous amount of top quality work !! in a short 6.5 years though....  ( since 2018 ! ) What tenacity and perseverance you have .......simply amazing ..... its your Magnum Opus ( though you may even trump that one day--don't know how... but with you anything is possible !! Did you ever anticipate it taking that Long ? ( ala EJ Foeth with his Hood !! ) There has been no compromise in sheer quality Bravo Best wishes for the masts, sails and rigging JB That is a tremendous amount of top quality work !!
in a short 6.5 years though.... :lol_3: ( since 2018 ! )
What tenacity and perseverance you have
.......simply amazing .....
its your Magnum Opus
( though you may even trump that one day--don't know how...
but with you anything is possible !!
Did you ever anticipate it taking that Long ? ( ala EJ Foeth with his Hood !! )
There has been no compromise in sheer quality
Bravo
Best wishes for the masts, sails and rigging
JB
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Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2025 2:11 pm |
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marijn van gils wrote: People who see it in the flesh keep telling me that it is so much smaller than they imagined from the photographs (even people who are used to 1/300 – 1/350) The close ups make it seem like this is a 1/72 scale model. The detail for 1/300 is mind blowing! So many little stories playing out... [quote="marijn van gils"]People who see it in the flesh keep telling me that it is so much smaller than they imagined from the photographs (even people who are used to 1/300 – 1/350)[/quote]
The close ups make it seem like this is a 1/72 scale model. The detail for 1/300 is mind blowing! So many little stories playing out...
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Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2025 11:43 am |
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Gulliver on steroids.
I'm going to reiterate my thought on a "deck" cam of sorts. All that work, all that detail, and so hard to see from any distance. Either that, or a photo display. Think about it, Marijn.
Gulliver on steroids.
I'm going to reiterate my thought on a "deck" cam of sorts. All that work, all that detail, and so hard to see from any distance. Either that, or a photo display. Think about it, Marijn.
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Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2025 8:58 am |
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As promised, a long overdue update! All figures for the upper decks of Redoutable have been converted, painted, and installed Except for 4 figures on the beakhead; they will only be installed after bowsprit etc. are fixed. I also added their equipment and some rubble:  This is the main action: the men of Redoutable amassing in an attempt to board Victory:  At the gap in the netting, one of the big anchors will be stuck between both ships, offering a means to bridge the gap. But Vic’s men are ready at the other end…    Captain Lucas overviewing the action with some of his officers:  BTW, the wounded sailor being carried away by two comrades is one of my favourite conversions of the project!  More action on the poop deck:   And on the quarterdeck:  And the forecastle:  It’s always nice to create a little connection between the action on the different deck levels:  People who see it in the flesh keep telling me that it is so much smaller than they imagined from the photographs (even people who are used to 1/300 – 1/350), so here is one last shot, including my thumb:  Next up: masts and rigging!  As promised, a long overdue update!
All figures for the upper decks of Redoutable have been converted, painted, and installed Except for 4 figures on the beakhead; they will only be installed after bowsprit etc. are fixed. I also added their equipment and some rubble:
[img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54390364843_ca13433fb4_o.jpg[/img]
This is the main action: the men of Redoutable amassing in an attempt to board Victory:
[img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54389259132_18393ef179_o.jpg[/img]
At the gap in the netting, one of the big anchors will be stuck between both ships, offering a means to bridge the gap. But Vic’s men are ready at the other end…
[img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54390325864_13dc3669d1_o.jpg[/img]
[img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54390364993_2a0d776c28_o.jpg[/img]
[img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54390326379_bd64200907_o.jpg[/img]
Captain Lucas overviewing the action with some of his officers:
[img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54389259612_259f1f336d_o.jpg[/img]
BTW, the wounded sailor being carried away by two comrades is one of my favourite conversions of the project! :)
More action on the poop deck:
[img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54390136781_4fa8318325_o.jpg[/img]
[img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54390506710_3cc810e881_o.jpg[/img]
And on the quarterdeck:
[img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54390136766_8053284011_o.jpg[/img]
And the forecastle:
[img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54390365088_a8b3ef5631_o.jpg[/img]
It’s always nice to create a little connection between the action on the different deck levels: :cool_2:
[img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54390136201_f243886f4c_o.jpg[/img]
People who see it in the flesh keep telling me that it is so much smaller than they imagined from the photographs (even people who are used to 1/300 – 1/350), so here is one last shot, including my thumb: :big_grin:
[img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54390325489_34ee1b0a84_o.jpg[/img]
Next up: masts and rigging! :woo_hoo:
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Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2025 8:40 am |
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:thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1:
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2025 7:03 am |
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Thanks Steven!
And thank you for the concern Eberhard!
But luckily there are no serious reasons for the lack of updates. It is just my laziness to take progress photos!
I have been busy modelling, but doing more of the same: converting and painting another 150-ish figures and installing them, their equipment and some rubble on Redoutable (the second ship).
The figures are very time-consuming, so that has kept me busy for the last 3 months. I had intended to take in-progress photos along the way, maybe showing some step-by-step how I paint figures, but then I was in the flow of the modelling and I didn't...
I also still have to take some photos of how it looks like now, but I will do that one of the next days. So, an update is coming soon!
Thanks Steven!
And thank you for the concern Eberhard!
But luckily there are no serious reasons for the lack of updates. It is just my laziness to take progress photos!
I have been busy modelling, but doing more of the same: converting and painting another 150-ish figures and installing them, their equipment and some rubble on Redoutable (the second ship).
The figures are very time-consuming, so that has kept me busy for the last 3 months. I had intended to take in-progress photos along the way, maybe showing some step-by-step how I paint figures, but then I was in the flow of the modelling and I didn't...
I also still have to take some photos of how it looks like now, but I will do that one of the next days. So, an update is coming soon!
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2025 5:55 am |
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This was visible on Marijn's KMK club table at the M-KLB happening in Puurs a few weeks ago  This was visible on Marijn's KMK club table at the M-KLB happening in Puurs a few weeks ago
[img]https://modelbrouwers.nl/media/cache/96/37/9637231d0ead167172bce3520a9a3167.jpg[/img]
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Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2025 9:26 am |
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No progress reported here since the end of November. I hope there are no serious reasons behind this !
No progress reported here since the end of November. I hope there are no serious reasons behind this !
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Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2025 3:49 am |
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"is it missing its footropes?"
Footropes could sometimes be removed before the battle? It made it harder for the enemy to try to board the ship as one of the methods was to tie the tackle of the ships to each other. And also
to occupy the high ground in the masts.
Regards,
Jari
"is it missing its footropes?"
Footropes could sometimes be removed before the battle? It made it harder for the enemy to try to board the ship as one of the methods was to tie the tackle of the ships to each other. And also
to occupy the high ground in the masts.
Regards,
Jari
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